I am currently reading Lawrence Martin's book Harperland, which anecdotally confirms some of our worst fears and suspicions about Stephen Harper and the Harper Government (see, even I've taken to referring to our government that way), and even though I no longer subscribe to The Globe and Mail, I do check it regularly for columns by Martin.
Today's piece, entitled On the road to the Harper government's tipping point, is a reminder of the myriad abuses of democracy that the Prime Minister is responsible for. At a time when many of us despair of the possibility of any change in the next federal election, it is useful to remember that the fate of our democratic traditions and institutions ultimately does reside in our hands, no matter how much the government seeks to undermine those traditions and institutions.
Thanks so very much for bringing this to more people's attention.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn Goar wrote something similar to Martin's piece:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/943260--goar-harper-is-cutting-off-lifeblood-of-democracy
I like how Martin clearly states that the harpercons have exceeded "AdScam" by several orders of magnitude.
And yet, the harpercons still yammer about how everyone does it. As if that would somehow vindicate them if it were true. And it isn't true.
Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.
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